The Thirteenth Wolf (Audio Drama)
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| Author | Gav Thorpe |
| Performer | Gareth Armstrong, John Banks, Ian Brooker, Tim Bentinck, Steve Conlin, Jonathan Keeble, Toby Longworth |
| Publisher | Black Library |
| Series | Horus Heresy Series |
| Released | November 2016 |
| Collected in | The Burden of Loyalty |
| Length | 68 minutes |
The Thirteenth Wolf is an audio drama in the Horus Heresy Series. The story was latter collected and published in The Burden of Loyalty.
Story Description[1]
For more than two hundred years, the armies of the Emperor of Mankind fought to reconquer the galaxy — led by the superhuman primarchs, the Space Marine Legions brought countless worlds back under the rule of ancient Terra. Now Horus, once honoured Warmaster and favoured son of the Emperor, has been corrupted by the whispered promises of Chaos. At his command the Imperium is torn apart by a terrible and bloody civil war, the likes of which the galaxy has never seen...At the Emperor's command were the Wolves of Russ unleashed, but it is by the will of Horus alone that Prospero now burns. The VIth Legion have stormed the world of Magnus the Red, with venerable warriors of the Thirteenth Great Company always to be found where the fighting is at its most bloody, seeking to write their own names into the sagas of Fenris. But the Thousand Sons are far from defeated, and their foul sorcery may yet be the doom of all, deep within the maddening heart of the Portal Maze.
Synopsis
As the Burning of Prospero begins, Bulveye, Jarl of Dekk-Tra, is recalled from a crusade fleet to rejoin the forces of the Space Wolves to aid in the battle against the Thousand Sons. Leading a contingent of legionaries into the depths of Tizca, they clash against a group of sorcerers led by Izzakar Orr. During the battle, Orr manages to escape through an enigmatic portal that shimmers with a golden hue. Deciding the follow, Bulveye leads his forces into pursuit. The portal leads to a an interconnected system of unending gates that connect across hundreds of worlds through the warp, yet every time they use the portals, they risk destabilizing and damaging its structure, which leads to temporal loops and spatial anomalies. Realizing they are now in a warp-maze, the Space Wolves suffer loses as they struggle to find the way out. Finally, they encounter Orr and his group of sorceress paralyzed in time as they fought against other Space Wolves. Without a way out, Orr explains that the portals are in danger of collapsing and trapping them forever inside the warp, so he offers to surrender himself for the sake of both parties to find a way out. Bulveye refuses, arguing that the orders of Leman Russ were clear. He proceeds to execute Orr with a plasma shot to the chest. As Orr falls, he condemns their folly, for now they will be trapped forever inside the unstable portal system. Bulveye roared with laughter, commanding the rest of his forces to search for the lost Space Wolves, and destroy any remaining Thousand Sons.[2]
Notable Characters
- Space Wolves
- Bulveye — Jarl of Dekk-Tra
- Halvdan Bale-eye
- Jurgen
- Hroldir
- Asmund — Rune Priest
- Krodus
- Geigor Fell-Hand — Wolf Guard
- Bavdir
- Jorllon
- Eirik
- Vangun
- Thousand Sons
Trivia
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- This story is a prequel to Ashes of Prospero.
See also
Sources
- 1: Black Library
- 2: The Thirteenth Wolf (Audio Drama) — The Burden of Loyalty (Anthology)
